High severity · published Jun 26, 2026
CVE-2026-53281
iommu/vt-d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption
8.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/vt-d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption
Commit 60f030f7418d ("iommu/vt-d: Avoid use of NULL after WARN_ON_ONCE")
fixed a NULL pointer dereference in an unlikely situation partly.
If dev_pasid is not found in the dev_pasids list, it remains NULL.
However, the teardown operations are executed unconditionally, this lead
to a NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption.
If the domain was never attached to this IOMMU, info will be NULL, which
would cause an immediate dereference when checking --info->refcnt.
Even if info is not NULL, decrementing the refcount without having removed
a valid PASID might unbalance the count. This could lead to premature
dropping of the refcount to 0, potentially causing a use-after-free for the
remaining active devices sharing the domain.
Fix it by returning early if dev_pasid is NULL, before executing the
teardown operations.
Issue found by AI review and suggested by Kevin Tian.
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260421031347.1408890-1-zhenzhong.duan%40intel.com
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.12.57 before 6.13; 6.13.3 before 6.18.33; 6.19 before 7.0.10; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
68ec78beb4a3fb0877cbaaf49758c85410c05977 before d1a677f9c5e02c4ae49614044ac21296660d1391; 60f030f7418d3f1d94f2fb207fe3080e1844630b before 9022cb9ac0c2a72a57fa8ebf92ac74f953ca0153; 60f030f7418d3f1d94f2fb207fe3080e1844630b before cdfe3c9f2c9e28a8651ee463c88ad191ced2f840; 60f030f7418d3f1d94f2fb207fe3080e1844630b before 79ea2feb917b05366b49d85573c9c5331f043b2c; df96876be3b064aefc493f760e0639765d13ed0d; 6.12.57 before 6.12.114; +2 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53281
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ea2feb917b05366b49d85573c9c5331f043b2c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9022cb9ac0c2a72a57fa8ebf92ac74f953ca0153
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdfe3c9f2c9e28a8651ee463c88ad191ced2f840
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a677f9c5e02c4ae49614044ac21296660d1391
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47017
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47040
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